re: Another Historical Photos Thread

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Amusement park rides from the early 20th century weren't exactly known for their safety. But if this terrifying attraction from 1919 had ever been built, it probably would've been the most dangerous ride ever constructed. Dreamt up by two New York inventors, this thing would obviously never fly in Disneyland. The idea? Thrill seekers would be strapped into pivoting chairs inside a capsule that looked like a gigantic bullet. Then that capsule would be shot out of an enormous cannon — an "electric gun" as they called it — only to land in what's basically a 30m tall martini glass. But it doesn't end there. The capsule would splash down into the huge structure and zip through an enormous water flume, landing in a lake below. Guide rails and a conveyor belt would send the capsules back around to where they started, where riders could do the whole nauseating trick all over again — provided they had another quarter.

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